Gunshot wounds

Name: Gunshot wounds at Coastal International Security, Inc.
Start: 1/18/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010541 · 1/18/2017 · Coastal International Security, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
Source: Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Pistol, handgun, revolver

Employer

Name: Coastal International Security, Inc.
Location: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20004
NAICS: 561612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee reached for his backpack when the strap contacted his service weapon trigger. When he applied pressure to the strap, the weapon fired and shot his right calf.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown